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obama on thursday. >> obama: you can't change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. something that i would like to concentrate on in my second term is being in a much more constant conversation with the american people so they can put pressure on congress to help move some of these issues forward. >> eliot: within hours romney tried to use that comment to take a jab at a florida rally. >> romney: the president of the united states said he can't change washington from the inside. isn't that amazing. no wonder why he has had such a hard time over the last four years. >> eliot: perhaps romney forgot he made an identical comment in 2008. >> i don't think you change washington from the inside. i think you change it from the outside. >> eliot: david axelrod put it best on the "today" show. >> the fact that romney picked up on it and attacked him on it shows he's cascading from one attack to another. >> eliot: the attacks are falling flat, listen to the response that paul ryan got from the aarp conference when he attacked the afforda
obama on thursday. >> obama: you can't change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. something that i would like to concentrate on in my second term is being in a much more constant conversation with the american people so they can put pressure on congress to help move some of these issues forward. >> eliot: within hours romney tried to use that comment to take a jab at a florida rally. >> romney: the president of the united states said he can't...
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it will be booker versus obama. who is going to win the slug fest about what is fair game in attacking mitt romney. obviously a critical issue right now. dissention within. and who is leading the charge to get jamie dimon off the board of the new york fed. you know i've been talk about this for days now, along with elizabeth warren and so many others. it typifies our financial sector. it will be interesting. >> cenk: can't wait. we appreciate it. >> eliot: thank you. >> cenk: when we come back conservatives say the death penalty is all right we never kill the wrong guy except when we did. >> he knew about hernandez, but he didn't tell the police right ♪ i don't wanna be right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if being right means being without you ♪ [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, 100% whole grain oats... and that sweet honey taste. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. break the ice with breath-freshening coo
it will be booker versus obama. who is going to win the slug fest about what is fair game in attacking mitt romney. obviously a critical issue right now. dissention within. and who is leading the charge to get jamie dimon off the board of the new york fed. you know i've been talk about this for days now, along with elizabeth warren and so many others. it typifies our financial sector. it will be interesting. >> cenk: can't wait. we appreciate it. >> eliot: thank you. >> cenk:...
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everything is going with president obama. mitt romney is a drag on his ticket. >> the most telling part is jim demint saying give up on mom knee don't worry about the president, we've got to save the senate dog. i'm predicting, karl rove, the koch brothers will start shifting the money from the presidential race which they are going to realize is a loft cause soon into the senate and house races. that move is going to be eminent and jim deminute is signaling that. i want to do a really quick if i were romney, i do this if i were president obama if i were romney what would i do to rescue the situation. here, pack up and go home, son. there ain't nothing you can do about this. this is real bad. this is what i would do, i'd head to the sunset. now you wouldn't really gallop, i suppose you'd do one of these like... >> hey michael how are you doing? >> how are you? >> ok. anyway romney, you are in a lot of trouble man. this guy's dreaming about as michael tweeted earlier today is it too late for a broker convention? let's get anot
everything is going with president obama. mitt romney is a drag on his ticket. >> the most telling part is jim demint saying give up on mom knee don't worry about the president, we've got to save the senate dog. i'm predicting, karl rove, the koch brothers will start shifting the money from the presidential race which they are going to realize is a loft cause soon into the senate and house races. that move is going to be eminent and jim deminute is signaling that. i want to do a really...
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those were the words of candidate obama in 2008. but president obama may have done just that. a leaked document realized by public citizen outlines a portion of the deal the president is negotiating as part of the transpacific trade pack. a pack that seeks to open trade among countries bordering the pacific association. joining me now director of global trade wash which first released the leaked document. thank you for your time tonight. >> eliot: thank >> thank you. >> eliot: first explain to us what is in this document and why would it violate an essential pledge that he made in 2008. >> so the document is one of 26 chapters of what has been branded as a trade agreement. but as this particular chapter leaking shows trade is really the least of it. in fact, the agreement would require the u.s. as well as other countries involved to, quote, conform their domestic laws, regulation and procedures to all the attached chapters. only two of the 26 have to do with trade. the one that leaked sets up limitations for the u.s. government not to regulate companies operating here and subj
those were the words of candidate obama in 2008. but president obama may have done just that. a leaked document realized by public citizen outlines a portion of the deal the president is negotiating as part of the transpacific trade pack. a pack that seeks to open trade among countries bordering the pacific association. joining me now director of global trade wash which first released the leaked document. thank you for your time tonight. >> eliot: thank >> thank you. >> eliot:...
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president obama addressed the issue in an interview. take a listen. >> here's what i know, that there's no tougher job than being a mom. anybody who would argue otherwise, i think probably needs to rethink their statement. >> well, she did hillary rosen did apologize. we know this particular breakdown has been very much to the benefit of the republican party, it seems, the political fallout and an romney's family feud is much more coming up california republican party chairman is with us, joins us as well is political humorist, calling himself a raging moderate. welcome to you both inside the war room. let's talk about this issue which has been the subject of the news all day today. visitors now to mitt romney's website are being asked to stand with app anne leaving a comment. this is merchandise the war on moms. do you think this is the best thing that's happened to romney in the course of this campaign. >> and its a good way to start it off on him. by getting conservatives excited or family people excited, it's not helpful for the dem
president obama addressed the issue in an interview. take a listen. >> here's what i know, that there's no tougher job than being a mom. anybody who would argue otherwise, i think probably needs to rethink their statement. >> well, she did hillary rosen did apologize. we know this particular breakdown has been very much to the benefit of the republican party, it seems, the political fallout and an romney's family feud is much more coming up california republican party chairman is...
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is obama making a wise choice taking him on. >> obama needs to take him on with bain, but paint romney as a creature of wall street. you can't just say, oh, he laid off these workers and piled up these companies in debt. this is why it matters now. romney is a personification of what happened with jp morgan, goldman sachs. obama's ability to take on wall street has not always been the strongest. i don't know if he can make this argument if he's trying to raise fun weremoney from the very banks. >> sarah palin when she said, i can see russia from my house. if she had already been an ambassador to kazakhstan, it wouldn't matter that she messed up. but and mitt romney, it's already what people view him as. >> ari makes a good point. a lot of folks thought he would make a wall street reformer. we want him to be like governor eliot spitzer, yet we have not seen anybody in cuffs. can obama reasonably make this fight? >> i think he has to go further. >> he depends on the same investors. >> he think he has to get rid of some of those contributers. he basically needs to say the money is drying
is obama making a wise choice taking him on. >> obama needs to take him on with bain, but paint romney as a creature of wall street. you can't just say, oh, he laid off these workers and piled up these companies in debt. this is why it matters now. romney is a personification of what happened with jp morgan, goldman sachs. obama's ability to take on wall street has not always been the strongest. i don't know if he can make this argument if he's trying to raise fun weremoney from the very...
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the obama campaign released an adverting former president clinton discussing president obama's decision to send in cop 6. they end by using a five-year-old quote by former governor romney to question whether or not romney would have made the same decision. this has caused a lot of pundits to question the campaign and the political eyeing ofpoliticizing of the killing of osama bin laden. >> it's despicable. you're not ready to become commander in chief. >> that was from ariana huffington, someone who would be considered an obama supporter. of course the right was even more offended. >> this is one of the reasons why president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in history. he has managed to turn in "t" into a divisive attack. >> let's bring in steve let me begin with you. is this not rank hypocrisy on the part of recommendation if you go back to 2004 in terms of what was being said then about john kerry in the aftermath of george w. bush's perceived then at least foreign policy success? >> in short, yes. dick cheney essentially in essentially every foreign policy speech
the obama campaign released an adverting former president clinton discussing president obama's decision to send in cop 6. they end by using a five-year-old quote by former governor romney to question whether or not romney would have made the same decision. this has caused a lot of pundits to question the campaign and the political eyeing ofpoliticizing of the killing of osama bin laden. >> it's despicable. you're not ready to become commander in chief. >> that was from ariana...
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i mentioned this long-term impact of obama's stance on this. and there was a prominent republican pollster out today saying we could be in trouble in the long term. and here you have got the long-term trajectory is positive on this, and the republicans are on the wrong side -- >> the wrong side of history seems to be what everybody is saying about them. they declare president obama as the first gay president. is that just a headline to sell magazines? >> i think it's a headline that sells magazines certainly. but the president does have a very strong record on gay rights. if you are talking about dropping the defense of marriage act or repealing don't ask, done tell. i think a lot of gay rights advocates were already happy with the president, but there was still the 800-pound gorilla that was still in the room with the gay marriage issue. it certainly -- there's no doubt that, you know among -- in the gay community right now, that the president is a very popular man. >> let me play quickly a sound bite from arrand paul. take a listen. >> the pr
i mentioned this long-term impact of obama's stance on this. and there was a prominent republican pollster out today saying we could be in trouble in the long term. and here you have got the long-term trajectory is positive on this, and the republicans are on the wrong side -- >> the wrong side of history seems to be what everybody is saying about them. they declare president obama as the first gay president. is that just a headline to sell magazines? >> i think it's a headline that...
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right now the bulk of hispanic voters are staunchly supporting president obama. i think they believe him when he says that he's a fighter for working families, and for immigration reform. i think they've seen a lot of very ugly rhetoric on the republican side of the aisle particularly with tee party candidate. and they're very turned off by that message. they're very much supportive of president obama for re-election and democrats in general. >> you know, the prior high watermark in terms of latino support for any candidate was president clinton in who got 72%. and if we know this poll is correct, we won't know for a few days if it is, the president will get 73%. not only is he hitting the high watermark, but the percentage of the electorate that is latino has jumped from 5% to 10%. just look at the numbers in florida, 16% of the voting public will be latino. nevada at 15.1%. colorado 15.7%. swing states where you're winning by a margin of 3-1 this can really shift those tightly tightly-fought states. answer for me, why was mitt romney so tone deaf on the issue o
right now the bulk of hispanic voters are staunchly supporting president obama. i think they believe him when he says that he's a fighter for working families, and for immigration reform. i think they've seen a lot of very ugly rhetoric on the republican side of the aisle particularly with tee party candidate. and they're very turned off by that message. they're very much supportive of president obama for re-election and democrats in general. >> you know, the prior high watermark in terms...
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take a listen to obama advisor david axelrod. listen to his sound bite. >> a lot of republicans in congress want to cooperate know better, but they are in the thralls of this reign of terror from the right. >> david axelrod is a little bit of a flame thrower. do you think the president is oak with that hyperbole. >> i don't think the president would make that remark. here is what i think. one thing -- we have all been on campaigns when the staff becomes the story, and that's when the staff has to go. the thing for romney nobody hometowns you like the hometown press. and that's where they have to be a little bit careful about how they handle -- >> for sure. duf last word. karl rove, bad or good? >> karl rove is one of the best -- >> i'm not talking about as a human being. the at attention he attracted for bush. he ended up having to leave. >> a little bit too would say hang on but i think i'm going to have to let you go. too bad. thank you guys. >> coming up the supreme court takes up another hot-button issue. and later brett ehrl
take a listen to obama advisor david axelrod. listen to his sound bite. >> a lot of republicans in congress want to cooperate know better, but they are in the thralls of this reign of terror from the right. >> david axelrod is a little bit of a flame thrower. do you think the president is oak with that hyperbole. >> i don't think the president would make that remark. here is what i think. one thing -- we have all been on campaigns when the staff becomes the story, and that's...
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a newsletter that got a little bit of attention: basically saying they need an armed revolution if obama gets recollected. >> i want to comment on this. one of the things we don't acknowledge is hate groups like the ku klux klan for example were elected officials. and one of the problems of being silent about this is we get it's a group of small crack pots philosophy which is entirely untrue. >> it is. the southern poverty law center dedicates a lot of time on focusing on hate groups and domestic terrorists. and they found that right-wing terrorism is a real issue in the country. by 2011 there were 1,018 groups. and when it comes to right-wing militia group in one year they increased 60%. >> it's incredible. >> looking at the history of americans, often we even think back to [ inaudible ] you think it is a leftist group, but it has been these right-wing groups that have been violent all along. >> right. >> another really incredible thing that i had to bring up is last year alternate published a really excellent piece on the dhs, and they had a small department focused on right-wing extre
a newsletter that got a little bit of attention: basically saying they need an armed revolution if obama gets recollected. >> i want to comment on this. one of the things we don't acknowledge is hate groups like the ku klux klan for example were elected officials. and one of the problems of being silent about this is we get it's a group of small crack pots philosophy which is entirely untrue. >> it is. the southern poverty law center dedicates a lot of time on focusing on hate...
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the obama care, i can't believe it. we tried to defeat it, and here is the check you're getting because of me. the president will say yes they will be cooperative. >> don't say that. >> in this case i don't think he will. >> he has been running a very tough campaign. thank you, guys, jacki michael that was terrific. eliot spitzer tell what's is going on viewpoint? >> you know i don't know if you heard, cenk, there is this little bank out here in new york, the jp morgan bank that lost a little bit of money. look, we all know what happened. the question is what does it mean how do you begin to dissect it? has the white house done anything to reform financial services? that's going to be a fund conversation. and bernie saunders joins us always full of ideas. and a bizarre. poll from gallup, saying we're happier than we used to be. >> eliot, there is no better person to ask this question than you. jamie dimon, is there a chance what they did was illegal or, hey, they lost money, what can you do? >> i don't think we know eno
the obama care, i can't believe it. we tried to defeat it, and here is the check you're getting because of me. the president will say yes they will be cooperative. >> don't say that. >> in this case i don't think he will. >> he has been running a very tough campaign. thank you, guys, jacki michael that was terrific. eliot spitzer tell what's is going on viewpoint? >> you know i don't know if you heard, cenk, there is this little bank out here in new york, the jp morgan...
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obama has been forthright in using his executive power in foreign policy. he didn't need congress to go after bin laden. he didn't need congress to end don't ask don't tell. he should be identifying things that don't need congress' approval to benefit the economy. fannie mae mortgages modification. that's something. >> there has been a lot of arm twisting of ed dimarco the conservator of of sally may and freddie mac. and they say they don't have any more power to twist his arm. >> eliot: they should be going after every conceivable way. the real problem joe i think dan is exactly right and i and many people have been saying for years until you deal with the mortgage crisis you won't deal what is really at the root of the economy. the problem has been the treasury department. the treasury did not appreciate that simple premise. tim geithner was willing to let it work its way on its own. and grievous mistake. it debilitated our economy. the successes and jennifer granholm. >> she was awesome. >> she was awesome. it's the auto bailout. i'm struck that mitt rom
obama has been forthright in using his executive power in foreign policy. he didn't need congress to go after bin laden. he didn't need congress to end don't ask don't tell. he should be identifying things that don't need congress' approval to benefit the economy. fannie mae mortgages modification. that's something. >> there has been a lot of arm twisting of ed dimarco the conservator of of sally may and freddie mac. and they say they don't have any more power to twist his arm. >>...
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they're laughing at president obama. >> what would you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> how dare they! actually, i'm going to tell but their secret plan. they told their donors, their incredibly rich donors, now 'll tellll y y.. and itanurit ourutstand y yr ned to george zimmerman. >> you're appearing for your first appearance and charged for murder in the second-degree. >> more racist conservatives come out on that case. we'll share those quotes with you later on the show, and then also speaking of conservatives clowns, we've got three of them for pup here's one of them. >> back at the turn of the century communists decided to change their names to progressives but still the ideas that they operate under are still the same. >> you'll only find ute on this program, it's go time. ♪ >> all right diane sawyer interviewed the romneys earlier today in boston. they had this swarmy reaction to one of her questions. >> as it we get towards november, what do you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> all righ
they're laughing at president obama. >> what would you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> how dare they! actually, i'm going to tell but their secret plan. they told their donors, their incredibly rich donors, now 'll tellll y y.. and itanurit ourutstand y yr ned to george zimmerman. >> you're appearing for your first appearance and charged for murder in the second-degree. >> more racist conservatives come out on that case. we'll...
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he made the same point obama is making about jobs. >> i think president obama went one line too far. it's an important distinction. right after he finishes that he goes into a fundraiser and talk to the ceos about what a fantastic job they are doing to help bring jobs to this country. >> do you think that he meant that the business didn't. >> that was an it takes a village kind of thing. i don't think his point was lost. the rhetoric got away with him. >> hang on you guys. we will come back. we have more coming up after the break. mitt romney's overseas trip, perhaps he is going overseas to visit with his money. what was sally ride thinking about before she went up in space. we will show you a piece of history you won't find anywhere else but inside the war room. this is current tv. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ sometimes, we go for a ride in the park. maybe do a little sightseeing. but this summer, we used our thankyou points to just hang out with a few friends in london. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions.
he made the same point obama is making about jobs. >> i think president obama went one line too far. it's an important distinction. right after he finishes that he goes into a fundraiser and talk to the ceos about what a fantastic job they are doing to help bring jobs to this country. >> do you think that he meant that the business didn't. >> that was an it takes a village kind of thing. i don't think his point was lost. the rhetoric got away with him. >> hang on you...
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ok and even president obama said: >> when he signs it bo, that's actually president obama tweeting that out. who's responsible for this mess? i guess it would be mitt romney best friends according to his own admission. >> i got a lot of good friends the owner of the miami dolphins and the new york jets, both owners friends of mine. >> oh, are they? you might want to give them a ring and say hey can you just pony up $4,000 a game. you're making $9 billion. he's not alone. woody johnson the owner of the jets is the finance chair for mitt romney's campaign and brags about how much he knows mitt romney. watch. >> he's very, very funny. >> funny? >> ann talked about it last night. i don't think the american people have seen that so far but he is a riot. >> he's a riot. he told me don't pay those refuse, keep all the money for yourself. that goes to the income and in quality is rifo throughout the country. they won't even share it with the game that they profit off of. robert reich said: >> that is exactly right. so let's bring robert in right now. he is a professor at berkeley and also now t
ok and even president obama said: >> when he signs it bo, that's actually president obama tweeting that out. who's responsible for this mess? i guess it would be mitt romney best friends according to his own admission. >> i got a lot of good friends the owner of the miami dolphins and the new york jets, both owners friends of mine. >> oh, are they? you might want to give them a ring and say hey can you just pony up $4,000 a game. you're making $9 billion. he's not alone. woody...
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i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot: part of the reason for this is there is this huge chasm when the imagery of ronald reagan and the reality of how he governed. the article is titled "who is driving mitt," eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine, thank you for time you tonight. >> thank then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a misprint? ok. what i was trying
i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot:...
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under obama it's $0.93. inequality got worse under obama than it did from clinton to bush. so if you look at the net effect of policies obama is to the right of george bush. whereas you might say, oh well obama is taking all of this wall street money and it's the rules of the game, et cetera et cetera. obama believes in all of this stuff. he believes that jamie dimon -- >> we got to leave. >> okay. but i don't disagree but i just want to make one more point on this, i'm just talking -- >> you think this matters. >> i do think this matters -- no, but i disagree with you on the ming of the playing field, but i don't disagree with you that they are not dissimilar when it comes to economy and he does more damage but the two candidates themselves are vastly different on so many issues. this is about the economy. >> we got to get it right there. what i'm getting is either way we're not going to go after the banks, and on top of that the drone strikes continue. and it has us increasing al-qaeda memberships when we come back. >> attacks are intensifying. >> on one occasion they kil
under obama it's $0.93. inequality got worse under obama than it did from clinton to bush. so if you look at the net effect of policies obama is to the right of george bush. whereas you might say, oh well obama is taking all of this wall street money and it's the rules of the game, et cetera et cetera. obama believes in all of this stuff. he believes that jamie dimon -- >> we got to leave. >> okay. but i don't disagree but i just want to make one more point on this, i'm just talking...
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president obama urged the senate to pass legislation that would strip billions in tax brakes for the big five oil companies only to have the republicans kill the bill. >> they can stand with the big oil companies, or they can stand with the american people. instead of taxpayer give-a ways to an industry that has never been more profitable we should be using that money to double down on investments in clean energy technologies. >> republicans insist that the measure would have driven prices up at the pump. >> that was their brilliant plan on how to deal with gas prices. raise prices on gas companies just to make sure gas prices don't go anywhere but up. >> and rand paul didn't mince his words earlier this week. >> would think you want to say to oil companies, what obstacles are there to you making more money. >> joining me now is joe williams, white house reporter for "politico." thank for joining us. >> good to be here. >> there are three numbers that will affect the election in november. and one is the price of gas. are we now just entering the blame game? >> i think there's some of
president obama urged the senate to pass legislation that would strip billions in tax brakes for the big five oil companies only to have the republicans kill the bill. >> they can stand with the big oil companies, or they can stand with the american people. instead of taxpayer give-a ways to an industry that has never been more profitable we should be using that money to double down on investments in clean energy technologies. >> republicans insist that the measure would have driven...
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just like president obama said. in fact, did you know that this is august of 2008, and again right around where the collapse began to happen, 662,000 jobs were lost in the public sector local, state and federal government. now they're saying it's too much. but we've been shedding government jobs at the clip of hundreds of thousands. how about the private sector. they're not doing fine at all, right? i would love for them to be doing better, but the reality is we've had 27 months of months job creation. and so was president obama right? largely speaking he was right. of course being right is a big big crime in washington so everyone is abuzz about it. now let's turn to mitt romney. he had a gaffe of his own. >> he wants to hire more government workers. he wants to hire more teachers firefighters, police, did he not get the from the american people? wisconsin did. >> cenk: in wisconsin, we hate cops, firemen and teachers, yes, fire them all! is that the message? i hope that's not the message that romney got? president
just like president obama said. in fact, did you know that this is august of 2008, and again right around where the collapse began to happen, 662,000 jobs were lost in the public sector local, state and federal government. now they're saying it's too much. but we've been shedding government jobs at the clip of hundreds of thousands. how about the private sector. they're not doing fine at all, right? i would love for them to be doing better, but the reality is we've had 27 months of months job...
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recovery took too long and was too tepid and that's obama's fault. that's hard to make resonate when you're economy is adding 250,000 jobs a month. but when you get a report like that, when it's less than half of that figure, that starts to sound like it making a bit more sense. >> if there is a fundamental divide in this the arc of this campaign, it's going to be whether or not the economy picks up quickly enough for concerns about the economy to drive voters or not. and for president obama with job numbers like today if the trend continues to be down below 400,000, suddenly he'll be playing defense and not offense. that's how i see this macro-level. tell me if i'm wrong about that. >> that's exactly right. there is a fine line when morning america and the light being too far at the end of the tunnel for voters to really change their perceptions about who they want to have running the country. and at 250 250,000 jobs a month with the unemployment rate ticking down, many think their jobs are secure and now there are different options, the encome bene
recovery took too long and was too tepid and that's obama's fault. that's hard to make resonate when you're economy is adding 250,000 jobs a month. but when you get a report like that, when it's less than half of that figure, that starts to sound like it making a bit more sense. >> if there is a fundamental divide in this the arc of this campaign, it's going to be whether or not the economy picks up quickly enough for concerns about the economy to drive voters or not. and for president...
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here's what president obama said. i think that the israeli government recognizes that as president of the united states i don't bluff. in other words yeah, i can bomb too. i'm sure you're all very proud. before romney went to israel, this friday president obama went out of his way to sign the u.s.-israel enhanceed security cooperation act. so that has three parts. fund more defensive weapons oppose any anti-israel u.s. resolutions. i like how we're deciding everything ahead of time everything that israel does is awesome. and develop iron-dome technology and give them $70 million to do it. here is president obama bragging about that at the signing. >> obama: in many ways what this legislature brings together is all the outstanding corporation that we've seen. to underscore israel's security. >> cenk: did you know president obama has given more to israel than president bush did on a year-to-year basis? we're clear on where he stands on that. but then mitt romney u as if this weren't enough says i'm going to rub it in th
here's what president obama said. i think that the israeli government recognizes that as president of the united states i don't bluff. in other words yeah, i can bomb too. i'm sure you're all very proud. before romney went to israel, this friday president obama went out of his way to sign the u.s.-israel enhanceed security cooperation act. so that has three parts. fund more defensive weapons oppose any anti-israel u.s. resolutions. i like how we're deciding everything ahead of time everything...
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it looks as though president obama has advantages but anything can happen. if it happens that the president is reelected, you can imagine some parts of the republican party saying look, we have gone too far, we're alienating, women, blacks latinos, gays the young. we have to come back to the center. because governor romney is the nominee, saying look our failure was not trying a real pure conservative candidate. so you mentioned the theme the party has gone so far, it's hard to say if this is the far cycle or whether we'll see a return. >> one of the things we were watching was whether john boehner would be able to corral the tea party he had to deal with, and the answer was quite frankly no. and frankly, unfortunately in my view, they won more of those negotiations than they should have. and going farther right, perhaps increasing their power? >> you are exactly right about the way a lot of the struggles turned out in the last year. there is some question about whether some of the tea party feels they have gone too far. and may be backtracking. so again the
it looks as though president obama has advantages but anything can happen. if it happens that the president is reelected, you can imagine some parts of the republican party saying look, we have gone too far, we're alienating, women, blacks latinos, gays the young. we have to come back to the center. because governor romney is the nominee, saying look our failure was not trying a real pure conservative candidate. so you mentioned the theme the party has gone so far, it's hard to say if this is...
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but first stewart jokes with obama. obama jokes with romney, and lawrence o'donnell challenges romney's son to a fight. it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> i'm putting together a scrap book of the whole 2012 campaign. i have these great pictures from the two debates, but i don't know which debate they're from. if you could--i have two pictures. there's one picture, i don't know if you can get that. and then there's another picture. >> obama: this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> after the recent town hall debate it's time for reflection. >> i got my swagger back! boom! >> romney: you're right, a campaign can required a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning suit for lunch, but then it's nice to finally wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> matthew fox stars. [ ♪ music ♪ ] in mitt romne
but first stewart jokes with obama. obama jokes with romney, and lawrence o'donnell challenges romney's son to a fight. it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> i'm putting together a scrap book of the whole 2012 campaign. i have these great pictures from the two debates, but i don't know which debate they're from. if you could--i have two pictures. there's one picture, i don't know if you can get that. and then there's another picture. >> obama: this is the...
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he'll place president obama's name in nomination and a speech for the case of a second obama term. a second source says that the party will endorse marriage equality. for more. let's go to national political reporter nia and errol and morris. did mitt romney on his first journey overseas do anything to make himself appear more presidential and at ease in a diplomatic setting or did he just trip over that. >> that was the object to, come across as a credible commander in chief. he got off to a rocky start in london, botching something that should have been easy, talking about the olympics and then going to israel. speaking mainly to the donors in that room, speak to go evangelicals as well as, people who already support him. i don't get a sense that he has grown in terms of his stature in terms of his credibility on the foreign stage. of course, he'll wrap up in poland, and i think even some republicans will be glad to see him off of foreign soil because even they have criticized his lack of specificity in terms of what he would actually do. his lack of specificity in detailing exac
he'll place president obama's name in nomination and a speech for the case of a second obama term. a second source says that the party will endorse marriage equality. for more. let's go to national political reporter nia and errol and morris. did mitt romney on his first journey overseas do anything to make himself appear more presidential and at ease in a diplomatic setting or did he just trip over that. >> that was the object to, come across as a credible commander in chief. he got off...
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president obama is killing us out here. through hard work and a little bit of luck we built this business. >> hard work a little bit of work, and a lot of government contracts. what? wait a minute i thought the government didn't help you at all. the governor helped them a lot. gilchrist metal has gotten $800,000 tax exempt revenue bonds. it was just your hands. that's all you needed. then why did you take the $800,000 from the government? . and we built some of the stuff -- but some of it that sold to the government. if they hadn't bought it you wouldn't have been able to sell it. okay? so what did they sell? let's show them that. $5,600 worth of coast guard contract, and $83,000 worst of u.s. navy subcontracts. so you want to give that money back? i get it he didn't build the roads and the bridges, the government. we all did it together so that we could purchase the things that he built, let alone the $800,000 that he just flat out got from the government. in the 1980s. u.s. small business loan of $500,000. plus matching f
president obama is killing us out here. through hard work and a little bit of luck we built this business. >> hard work a little bit of work, and a lot of government contracts. what? wait a minute i thought the government didn't help you at all. the governor helped them a lot. gilchrist metal has gotten $800,000 tax exempt revenue bonds. it was just your hands. that's all you needed. then why did you take the $800,000 from the government? . and we built some of the stuff -- but some of it...
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president obama canceled an event this morning telling the florida crowd that they would do what they could and then addressing the shootings in personal terms. >> my daughters go to the movies. what if malia and sasha had been at the theater? as so many of our kids do every day? michelle and i will be fortunately enough to hug our girls a little tighter tonight and i'm sure you will do the same with your children, but for those parents who may not be so lucky, we have to embrace them and let them know we will be there for them as a nation. >> eliot: g.o.p. presidential candidate mitt romney also canceled a campaign appearance today and then offered his condolences. >> romney: grieving and worried families in aurora are surrounded with love today at not just by those who are with them and holding them in their arms, they can also know that they're being lifted up in prayer by people in every part of our great nation. >> eliot: new york mayor mike bloomberg a fervent gun control advocate was not impressed with either candidate. >> words are nice, but maybe it's time that the two people
president obama canceled an event this morning telling the florida crowd that they would do what they could and then addressing the shootings in personal terms. >> my daughters go to the movies. what if malia and sasha had been at the theater? as so many of our kids do every day? michelle and i will be fortunately enough to hug our girls a little tighter tonight and i'm sure you will do the same with your children, but for those parents who may not be so lucky, we have to embrace them and...
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we just want to beat obama. here is our esteemed minority leader. >> when you said, quote, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be an one-term president. how do you respond to those democratic lines of attack. >> well, that is true. that's my single political goal along with every active republican in the country. but that's for 2012. >> as we start the discussion here i want to go to jimmy first. look, jimmy, michael is dumbfounded why they would do this politically. but one explanation, obviously look, if you cause the ratings of the country to go down credit rating, you cause a mess. the economy worsens, the president loses. it's fairly obvious, do you think they would stoop to that? >> of course they would stoop to that. is the pope catholic? yes, they would stoop to that. my question is when does business start pushing back against eric canter and john boehner. are they going to let gilligan and skipper bring down the economy of america? that doesn't make sense to me.
we just want to beat obama. here is our esteemed minority leader. >> when you said, quote, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be an one-term president. how do you respond to those democratic lines of attack. >> well, that is true. that's my single political goal along with every active republican in the country. but that's for 2012. >> as we start the discussion here i want to go to jimmy first. look, jimmy, michael is dumbfounded why...
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barack obama could have filled any arena. he said he wanted to fill all the arenas on the same day he could have happened, but now that's not going to happen. what you said about the craziness about the ads. as someone who was a candidate i cringe about that, just imagining what they're going to go through. but until last week, we're talking about a gender gap that was a yawning chasm for mitt romney. what happened to that that leads back to 46-46. >> romney is doing better with everybody. a lot of that have is conservative women women and conservative men rallying. since republicans were going after contraception there was a reaction against that. >> that's interesting. until two weeks ago the war on women had the move effective branding mechanism in a long time. >> there something genuine tying romney to it. i don't think they believe he's the extreme on this. >> what i hear you say is that etch-a-sketch moment has come. he has been able to shake out that little red toy. >> it's the flip flop. people don't believe him. >> t
barack obama could have filled any arena. he said he wanted to fill all the arenas on the same day he could have happened, but now that's not going to happen. what you said about the craziness about the ads. as someone who was a candidate i cringe about that, just imagining what they're going to go through. but until last week, we're talking about a gender gap that was a yawning chasm for mitt romney. what happened to that that leads back to 46-46. >> romney is doing better with...
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obama is on him. and he attacks mitt romney for his positions nobody would believe him because nobody believes those are mitt romney's positions. >> i hear you on that. i know you've been tough on the president, too. do you think he's doing a good job in attacking on the bin laden issue, etc. >> that's the kind of thing that republicans used to do, brag about foreign policy success. a democrat never would have done this. it's good. as critical as i am, and you know i'm critical of president obama. when i see him give speeches i get that tingle again. >> he's great at that. one more thing, andy, when i see him using clinton, al gore did not use bill clinton. and last time around the clintons were running against obama, so there were bad mixed feelings, to say the least. is that going to be an effective strategy bringing these two presidents, basically both barrels loaded? >> yeah, i mean, the clinton choice is obvious. you know clinton presented himself in 1995 and 1996 at a time when there is dysfunct
obama is on him. and he attacks mitt romney for his positions nobody would believe him because nobody believes those are mitt romney's positions. >> i hear you on that. i know you've been tough on the president, too. do you think he's doing a good job in attacking on the bin laden issue, etc. >> that's the kind of thing that republicans used to do, brag about foreign policy success. a democrat never would have done this. it's good. as critical as i am, and you know i'm critical of...
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pakistani protesters chant o obama, we are all osama. and blasphemy is not freedom of expression and its sentence is death. that makes me want to somety. blasphemy is death. how cowardly are you that you can't even defend your ideas. the muslim men and women who support the idea that blasphemy blasphemiers deserve punishment. it's one thing to say it's all muslim. she's someone who stopped being muslim, as i did by the way and who is now atheist and i understand her point of view. to attribute that to all muslims is not correct. and the mistake this morning when talking about the savage protesting. he said. >> he scratched the surface. if you gave every street vendor to street vendor to prime minister a chance to throw a rock at the u.s. embassy. they would. they hate us because of their religion. they hate us because of their culture. they hate us because of peer pressure. >> cenk: no, that's not because they hate you. they hate you because of iraq, if some of them do hate you and some do, no question about that, and the drone strikes a
pakistani protesters chant o obama, we are all osama. and blasphemy is not freedom of expression and its sentence is death. that makes me want to somety. blasphemy is death. how cowardly are you that you can't even defend your ideas. the muslim men and women who support the idea that blasphemy blasphemiers deserve punishment. it's one thing to say it's all muslim. she's someone who stopped being muslim, as i did by the way and who is now atheist and i understand her point of view. to attribute...
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obama. independent voters also blame bush more than obama by 67 to 51%. mr. romney added to the blame game today with a new web video that hammered mr. obama for a uniquely brutal gaffe last week. ♪ >> the private sector is doing fine. >> mr. obama proved once again a bit of self deposit prec indication is the best response. >> there will be no shortage of gaffes and contro verse ease that keeps both campaigns busy and gives writers something to write about. i made my unique contribution to that process. >> that's us he is referring to. the president got back down to business defining romney's views on the economy as little more than a rehash of george w. bush's failures. >> governor romney believes deeply in the theory we tried during the last decade the best way to grow the economy is from the top down. we tried this. their policies did not grow the economy. they did not grow the middle class. they did not reduce our deficit. why would we think that they would work better this time? [applause.] >> for those who think they wouldn't, mr. obama offered an al
obama. independent voters also blame bush more than obama by 67 to 51%. mr. romney added to the blame game today with a new web video that hammered mr. obama for a uniquely brutal gaffe last week. ♪ >> the private sector is doing fine. >> mr. obama proved once again a bit of self deposit prec indication is the best response. >> there will be no shortage of gaffes and contro verse ease that keeps both campaigns busy and gives writers something to write about. i made my unique...
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now, on top of that, the stimulus, the obama stimulus, which. whichi think did work and create jobs is starting to run down. we're facing problems in europe, the worst economic management that could lead a recession mean they buy fewer of our goods. there are high gas prices. >> europe, their growth rate is negative, we sell stuff to them, so not selling as much, hurting hour exports. >> and our income, job creation. >> you referred to something even more fundamental consumer debt, what drove this, what's different now versus the prior recoveries all the way back to world war ii when housing prices are increasing, consumers feel wealthier, they spend more. >> when housing prices plummet they pend less. add to that the enormous amounts of debt they took on and we've got a real problem pulling out of this recession. people have been talking about it a long time. >> now the numbers are am big you say object 120,000 jobs were created. the unemployment went down 10%. we need 250,000 jobs a month long term to stay stable. >> roughly speaking, just to
now, on top of that, the stimulus, the obama stimulus, which. whichi think did work and create jobs is starting to run down. we're facing problems in europe, the worst economic management that could lead a recession mean they buy fewer of our goods. there are high gas prices. >> europe, their growth rate is negative, we sell stuff to them, so not selling as much, hurting hour exports. >> and our income, job creation. >> you referred to something even more fundamental consumer...
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here is the problem for obama to do this. he is having trouble with some other democrats about what should be said. sher going to have a guest here who will say someone would have been more effective. he is blaming congress. >> that's dicey because there are a lot of democrats in congress. going after congress, running against congress and people in his own party, that's a dangerous thing when he already has trouble with hillary and bill. >> i think it's interesting because i think there has to be clarity about why congress isn't moving. >> that's people have signed pledges to obstruct. i want to talk about the swing states. we have some recent numbers from the swing states. as you can see, these are the polls. these are the latest ones we could find. virginia, michigan colorado wisconsin, pennsylvania, florida. in almost all of these, you see that the president is doing better. now, this one right here is wrong in my opinion. but other than that do you think that romney is going to be worried? >> about this? romney should ab
here is the problem for obama to do this. he is having trouble with some other democrats about what should be said. sher going to have a guest here who will say someone would have been more effective. he is blaming congress. >> that's dicey because there are a lot of democrats in congress. going after congress, running against congress and people in his own party, that's a dangerous thing when he already has trouble with hillary and bill. >> i think it's interesting because i think...
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and that's how obama won the 2008 election. increasing the vote in all areas where democrats have not won before. >> today you saw the poll that was out that showed that the president was struggling with white voters, particularly struggling white voters, but there are these other targets of opportunity as we call them. in arizona democrats have not had an easy time registering latino voters. what are you guys doing differently to reach that group? >> so we just launched an ad campaign in arizona. really largely educating latino voters in particular about mitt romney. we're drawing the connection between mitt romney sheriff arpaio, jan brewer as being too extreme for arizona. >> we have a sound bite from that. ♪ >> no education, and [ inaudible ]. ♪ >> great businessman, good guy. >> publy [ inaudible ] about mitt romney. >> focus on the very poor is not my priority. >> how effective is it to connect more extreme figures like that in states like arizona to amplify the president's message. >> right. what romney has been tryi
and that's how obama won the 2008 election. increasing the vote in all areas where democrats have not won before. >> today you saw the poll that was out that showed that the president was struggling with white voters, particularly struggling white voters, but there are these other targets of opportunity as we call them. in arizona democrats have not had an easy time registering latino voters. what are you guys doing differently to reach that group? >> so we just launched an ad...
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is this hype that is good or bad for the obama administration? >> i think it can only be good for the obama administration. >> really? >> you impassioned commentary said it all, but when you have an issue that is so basic that when women watch their pennies that go into that collection plate to pay for this lawsuit it reminds women of an issue that is a line in the sand. >> republicans have associated themselves with the contraception issue, so voters will see a choice in terms of the quality of life quality of care, and the candidates' positions, and the democrats are in one camp and the republicans are in the other and they are going to be connected with this. >> staying with religion mitt romney's mormonism came up yesterday. take a listen to what david axelrod said. >> does the reelect commute tee repudiate the idea that mormonism should is not be on the table? >> absolutely. >> is that good politics? >> absolutely. they should not be the ones debating someone's religion in this campaign. >> i agree. axelrod has these teenage delinquents call
is this hype that is good or bad for the obama administration? >> i think it can only be good for the obama administration. >> really? >> you impassioned commentary said it all, but when you have an issue that is so basic that when women watch their pennies that go into that collection plate to pay for this lawsuit it reminds women of an issue that is a line in the sand. >> republicans have associated themselves with the contraception issue, so voters will see a choice...
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tell me about how president obama shut down that factory. >> president obama had nothing to do with that factory. jobs in ohio have gone up since he has been president. their unemployment rate is 7.6. that factory was closed under the presidency of george w. bush before obama even took office. >> oops. [ laughter ] >> they knew, right? >> they had to. >> so their weird campaign strategy is i know we shut down the factory, but shouldn't you blame the president for not reopening it. >> it is a gymson plant. they want to find something about mitt that is common with him, and it is not happening. >> absolutely. final conclusion cookie-get a, not guilty. factory-gate guilty. coming back there's drama in the republican caucus. there are whispers eric cantor believes some fellow republicans have been anti-semantic. ♪ (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spel
tell me about how president obama shut down that factory. >> president obama had nothing to do with that factory. jobs in ohio have gone up since he has been president. their unemployment rate is 7.6. that factory was closed under the presidency of george w. bush before obama even took office. >> oops. [ laughter ] >> they knew, right? >> they had to. >> so their weird campaign strategy is i know we shut down the factory, but shouldn't you blame the president for...
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obama on the campaign trail? >> you mean how is he going to use michelle bachmann. >> did i say om bam obama? you don't want to mix those two up. >> that's for sure. >> well, as long as you don't call me michelle bachmann myself. >> you are another michelle. my god. how is he going to use her, michelle bachmann and santorum for that matter when they both said such negative things about mitt romney. >> this is going to be the problem for mitt romney with everyone he ran against this election term. it was such a brutal and nasty primary season in the republican party. and, you know, you now see all of his former colleagues coming in and subtling or tepidly endorsing him. and i assume it's because they feel like they don't have any choice. but i don't know how he uses them effectively because we have all of their own words that you know are going to show up in campaign ads, used either by the dnc or the obama administration or super p.a.c.s that are in favor of an obama administration, and i mean, quite frankly, tyi
obama on the campaign trail? >> you mean how is he going to use michelle bachmann. >> did i say om bam obama? you don't want to mix those two up. >> that's for sure. >> well, as long as you don't call me michelle bachmann myself. >> you are another michelle. my god. how is he going to use her, michelle bachmann and santorum for that matter when they both said such negative things about mitt romney. >> this is going to be the problem for mitt romney with...
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as you can see early voters 50% voting for president obama. obama, 44% for mitt romney. election day that means mitt romney has to get 53% of the vote in florida if he's going to win. so that is a pretty hefty tag to run up. that's all according to the obama campaign. in iowa over a third of voters have already voted there. and among those early voters, you can see 64% of those are supporting barack obama. 35% of them are supporting mitt romney. and that means that mitt romney is going to need to win 59% of election-day voters. in north carolina, nearly half of all ballots have already been cast. and of those who have already been cast, 58% of those early voters favor the president. 41% of those favor mitt romney. so mitt romney is going to need to win 57% of north carolina on election day. we're seeing that pattern play out in the other swing states, too like nevada, virginia, wisconsin. so the republicans are trying to make up ground. in florida we're seeing this because republican leaders are on a two-day bus tour promoting early voting. here is romney florida campaig
as you can see early voters 50% voting for president obama. obama, 44% for mitt romney. election day that means mitt romney has to get 53% of the vote in florida if he's going to win. so that is a pretty hefty tag to run up. that's all according to the obama campaign. in iowa over a third of voters have already voted there. and among those early voters, you can see 64% of those are supporting barack obama. 35% of them are supporting mitt romney. and that means that mitt romney is going to need...
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romney people will think romney won, and obama people will think obama fall. >> jennifer: okay. thank you so much for coming inside "the war room." >> thank you for having me. >> jennifer: still ahead, how often do you read the fine print on your bills. we know what mitt romney is hiding, but what about your cell phone contracts. up next, two down one to we'll give you the cold hard facts on the middle east as we get ready for monday night's (vo) during the debates, it's hard to know what candidates are thinking. unless, of course you've stood at the podium yourself. with governors granholm, spitzer, and vice president gore, watch the only truly experienced presidential debate coverage. [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15 seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine
romney people will think romney won, and obama people will think obama fall. >> jennifer: okay. thank you so much for coming inside "the war room." >> thank you for having me. >> jennifer: still ahead, how often do you read the fine print on your bills. we know what mitt romney is hiding, but what about your cell phone contracts. up next, two down one to we'll give you the cold hard facts on the middle east as we get ready for monday night's (vo) during the debates,...
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they just want to attack obama. he's are people who probably would like to be trained and make more money. these are republicans. they are supposed to want to get better and make more money. why is education evil? because santorum has created a whole mythology about how is a way to strip out god from students and turn them into pc heathens and whatnot. it's just another prong in the culture war. it doesn't matter what obama said, it's a way to attack and the tea party members will cheer cheer. >> he had rollins, six months before this thing got going every republican i know was saying we're going to win, we're gonna beat obama. now he even those who have endorsed him are saying, my god what an f-ing mess. only he didn't say f-ing. does he have a plan c. >> yes, that's why so many top tier republicans decided not to run. they're hoping that the tea party will run its course so they can have the saner components of the republican party will be in charge. really, this whole fantasy about a broken con convention and a c
they just want to attack obama. he's are people who probably would like to be trained and make more money. these are republicans. they are supposed to want to get better and make more money. why is education evil? because santorum has created a whole mythology about how is a way to strip out god from students and turn them into pc heathens and whatnot. it's just another prong in the culture war. it doesn't matter what obama said, it's a way to attack and the tea party members will cheer cheer....
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obviously, obama was ahead in ohio. can you predict how last night's debate has done in ohio specifically. >> i don't know if it was an ohio kind of debate more than a virginia kind of debate. it was fairly technical. obama speaking so-called high information voters, i think maybe the town hall will be more important for ohio. ohio is a problem for romney, he is behind by a wider margin than the nothing polls. usually ohio is part of the country as a whole. romney, it would still be a winnable election for him. it might have gotten totally out of hand where you lose all the swing states. >> it was really heading in a different direction. in your new book, you actually describe two different types of personality, the hedgehog and the fox. hedgehogs you say make big, bold assertions on specific knowledge. ben fox has got a much for multi-disciplinary approach with regard to data. >> i think obama was acting maybe like too much of a fox which is a good habit if you're making predictions but on stage as the president, you p
obviously, obama was ahead in ohio. can you predict how last night's debate has done in ohio specifically. >> i don't know if it was an ohio kind of debate more than a virginia kind of debate. it was fairly technical. obama speaking so-called high information voters, i think maybe the town hall will be more important for ohio. ohio is a problem for romney, he is behind by a wider margin than the nothing polls. usually ohio is part of the country as a whole. romney, it would still be a...
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does obama get to 8%, sort of a magic number. i think he's probably going to do that unless he has a crisis unforeseen. now gets to seven or close to it, that's a good trend and hopeful. >> suddenly the economy looks like a big plus in his favor if it's seven my goodness. the president and vice president were doing two things to do, one of which was to try to take the bail out and sell that and sell the recession of the auto industry. can they succeed? can they turn that into a plus some. >> i think they can in swing states, joe biden talking in ohio about the success of that bailout. obviously mitt romney is on record in opposition to it. i think this is going to be a helpful issue for them certainly in michigan and ohio. if they didn't think it was a plus, they wouldn't be hammering it the way they are. for independent voters in ohio or folks that lean right if they got their jobs saved by this bailout and that jeep planted didn't close because of it, i think it's a problem for romney to explain why he thinks it is that the aut
does obama get to 8%, sort of a magic number. i think he's probably going to do that unless he has a crisis unforeseen. now gets to seven or close to it, that's a good trend and hopeful. >> suddenly the economy looks like a big plus in his favor if it's seven my goodness. the president and vice president were doing two things to do, one of which was to try to take the bail out and sell that and sell the recession of the auto industry. can they succeed? can they turn that into a plus some....
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coming up, so when you hear the word "obama care" do you smile or cringe? your answer understands the importance of political language but why both sides want to control it. >> that's next. it is a story you will om find in the war room. you have got to come back and see this progressives. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. ♪ what's in your wallet? ♪ ♪ what's in your...your... ♪ and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ here we are on the "full court press" this tuesday, june 12th. good to have you with us. >> announcer: on your radio, on tv, the "bill press show." new on current tv. [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's four course seafood feast, just $14.99. start with soup, salad and cheddar bay biscuits then choose one of 7 entrees plus dessert! four perfect courses just $14.99. come into red l
coming up, so when you hear the word "obama care" do you smile or cringe? your answer understands the importance of political language but why both sides want to control it. >> that's next. it is a story you will om find in the war room. you have got to come back and see this progressives. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. ♪...
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. >> eliot: and at the white house, president obama condemned the attacks. >> obama: there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. none. and make no mistake, we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> eliot: but unfortunately and predictably there was a political dimension to this as well with protest against the film tuesday morning. a foreign service officer in the embassy tried to calm the situation with a tweet condemnic the ain't muslim film and i read in part. respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of american democracy. we firmly reject the actions by those who abuse universal right of free speech to putter religious beliefs of others. the embassy later confirmed that statement. a few problems with that response. the tweet was not a first response to the attacks. it preceded the attacks and it was an effort to head off the protest. it did not come from the administration but a lower level foreign service officer. it did not thinkize with the attacks but nonetheless the state department and
. >> eliot: and at the white house, president obama condemned the attacks. >> obama: there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. none. and make no mistake, we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> eliot: but unfortunately and predictably there was a political dimension to this as well with protest against the film tuesday morning. a foreign service officer in the embassy tried to calm the...
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the obama campaign, i have to ask you about this. released an ad alleging romney's role in one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. take a listen to this. >> did romney pay 10% in taxes? 5%? 0%? we don't know. but we do know that romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the irs as part of a notorious son of boss tax scandal. one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. isn't it time for romney to come clean? >> jennifer: there is so much in this ad worthy of comment. romney was on the board of director when marriott hotel chain was using a tax shelter. do you think that, aside from the unfortunate name, son of boss, do you think that line of attack will get voters excited in some way? >> well, i think is he one ofous. that horse is out of the barn over the hill and sitting down and watching the olympics dressage by now. he's not like you. he's never going to be like you. to his minimal credit he's not behaving like he's one of you. i think the issue will remain can he make your life bette
the obama campaign, i have to ask you about this. released an ad alleging romney's role in one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. take a listen to this. >> did romney pay 10% in taxes? 5%? 0%? we don't know. but we do know that romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the irs as part of a notorious son of boss tax scandal. one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. isn't it time for romney to come clean? >> jennifer: there is so much...
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coming up so when you hear the word "obama care" do you smile or cringe? your answer understands the importance of political language but why both sides want to control it. >> that's next. it is a story you will om find in the war room. you have got to come back and see this progressives. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. ♪ what's in your wallet? ♪ ♪ what's in your...your... ♪ [ voice of dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good now it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. are you in good hands? that he and republicans want to implement if they win this election to pay for another 250,000 dollar tax cut for the average millionaire, they are going to ask you to foot the bill. i figure you can't afford it. when mr. rom
coming up so when you hear the word "obama care" do you smile or cringe? your answer understands the importance of political language but why both sides want to control it. >> that's next. it is a story you will om find in the war room. you have got to come back and see this progressives. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings...
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but i learned on fox that obama was a mastermind and an incompetent. the british murdoch found fit to run a multi-national. he denied any responsibility for the wrongdoing he was apologizing for. now, we find out the company is on the verge of splitting in two. my first thought was, great. with two companies, he can spy on himself. turns out, one company would be all print, publishing and newspapers and the other would be newscorp entertainment empires which officially includes fox news under the entertainment wing just so you know. now, full disclosure i go on fox news. a lot of nice folks work there. it's amazing because rich people pay fox people to make middle class people blame poor people. plus rupert murdoch has great taste in third wives. they may be afraid afraid print will collapse and they can cut that division loose. no one knows if today's news is good news or damage control. the only definite good news for murdoch is president obama is leading in the polls. because you know, my friends, murdock, roger ailes and bill o'reilly do not want t
but i learned on fox that obama was a mastermind and an incompetent. the british murdoch found fit to run a multi-national. he denied any responsibility for the wrongdoing he was apologizing for. now, we find out the company is on the verge of splitting in two. my first thought was, great. with two companies, he can spy on himself. turns out, one company would be all print, publishing and newspapers and the other would be newscorp entertainment empires which officially includes fox news under...
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president obama is disclosing who is raising money for him. but governor romney has decided he will not disclose the names of the bundlers. that worries me because it involves a lot of correctsecret money coming into campaign particularly near the end. >> don't you think a lot of voters are just really discouraged by this enormous volume of money and the apparent inability to do something about it? >> i think so. the senate has tried. democrats here in the senate have tried to pass what we call the disclose act, which would at least require the names of people who are putting together these super p.a.c.s and con contributing to the super p.a.c.s to be disclosed. the supreme court has said wrongly in myjudgment but by one vote has said that you cannot limit campaign contributions in the way we did, but we can according to the supreme court, require disclosure of the names of contributors to the super p.a.c.s. we have a bill which would do that, but it was filibustered by the republicans and we could not overcome the filibuster. >> so you voted
president obama is disclosing who is raising money for him. but governor romney has decided he will not disclose the names of the bundlers. that worries me because it involves a lot of correctsecret money coming into campaign particularly near the end. >> don't you think a lot of voters are just really discouraged by this enormous volume of money and the apparent inability to do something about it? >> i think so. the senate has tried. democrats here in the senate have tried to pass...